Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society

Editor: Robert D. Sampson

DETAILS

Current Volume: 116 (2023)
Issued quarterly (Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter)
ISSN: 1522-1067
eISSN: 2328-3335

About

The Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (JISHS), established in 1908, is the scholarly publication of the Illinois State Historical Society, a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, promoting, and publishing the latest research about the Prairie State. The peer-reviewed Journal welcomes articles, essays, and documents about history, literature, art technology, law, and other subjects related to Illinois and the Midwest.



Indexes

America: History and Life, Current Abstracts, Dietrich's Index Philosophicus, Gale Academic OneFile, Gale OneFile: US History, Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschriftenliteratur, Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen Geistes - und Sozialwissenschaftlicher Literatur, MasterFILE Complete, MLA International Bibliography, Periodicals Index Online, ProQuest 5000, ProQuest Central, PubMed, Research Library, RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale), TOC Premier


MEMBERSHIP RATES

Publications included in ISHS membership are the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society and the Society's popular magazine, Illinois Heritage. The ISHS membership period is from January 1 through December 31.

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Individuals:1 Year
Print + Online
$60
Family: Print + Online
$70
Sustaining: Print + Online
$100
Friend: Print + Online
$250
Patron: Print + Online
$500
Lincoln Silver: Print + Online
$1,000
Students:1 Year
Online Only$30
Institutions:1 Year
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Print + Online$100*
*Institutional 'Online Only' and 'Print + Online' subscriptions must be purchased through the Scholarly Publishing Collective.

Non-U.S. Postage: $10 Canada/Mexico, $35 Other Non-U.S. Locations

Single Issues: $18 plus shipping


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Editors

Editor

Robert D. Sampson

Retired, Millikin University, Decatur

rsampson@illinois.edu


Contributing Editor

William Furry

Illinois State Historical Society, Springfield

PO Box 1800 

Springfield, IL 62705-1800


Book Review Editor

Timothy D. Draper

Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove

Editorial Advisory Board

  • Xóchitl Bada, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Terry Barnhart, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston
  • Robert I. Girardi, Civil War Round Table, Company of Military Historians, Chicago
  • Greg Hall, Western Illinois University, Macomb
  • Kristin Hoganson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Matthew Holden, Jr., University of Illinois at Springfield
  • Robert D. Johnston, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Theodore J. Karamanski, Loyola University Chicago
  • Ann Durkin Keating, North Central College, Naperville
  • Arthur Martin, Jenner & Block, LLP, Chicago
  • Robert McColley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Kathryn J. Oberdeck, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Dominic Pacyga, Columbia College, Chicago  
  • Robert Paulett, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
  • Shirley J. Portwood, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
  • Barbara Posadas, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb
  • Touré F. Reed, Illinois State University, Normal
  • Debra Reid, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston
  • Stacey Robertson, Bradley University, Peoria
  • David W. Scott, Chair, Publications Committee, Illinois State Historical Society, Springfield
  • Amy Tyson, Depaul University, Chicago

Staff

Executive Director
William Furry 

Office Manager
Mary Lou Johnsrud

Clerical Support
Amanda Titsworth 

Development Officer
Tara Winter 

PDF Policy

PDFs are permitted and issued for the following:

  • Tenure dossier.
  • Special workshops the author is moderating.
  • Other requests to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
  • All PDFs will include a statement of copyright and a provision that the articles will not be photocopied, distributed, or used for purposes other than the terms agreed to by UIP.

Preprints are permitted for:

  • University repositories; UIP requires a publication statement to be posted along with the preprint.
  • Some journals have their own established policies and procedures for preprints. Please be sure to first check their respective Web sites before sending your request.

Postprints are permitted for:

  • Non-profit archives and repositories; Articles must be at least one year old. UIP requires a publication statement to be posted along with the postprint and a link back to the journal of publication's home page on the UIP website.
  • Personal and commercial Web sites; Articles must be at least three years old. UIP requires a publication statement to be posted along with the postprint and a link back to the journal of publication's home page on the UIP website.

Please contact the Rights and Permissions Manager for more information.

Please send all requests to:

Rights and Permissions Manager
UIP-RIGHTS@uillinois.edu
Fax: 217-244-8082

Submissions

We welcome essays, articles, and documents about Illinois, or its Midwest region. Studies about literature, art, technology, law, or other subjects are also welcome.

Authors should follow The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th ed. (University of Chicago Press) or imitate notes in this journal; use endnotes. Authors who desire illustrations should provide them; authors are solely responsible for obtaining any rights or permissions to reproduce. Articles average 12,000 words (including notes) but we have accepted articles from 4,000 to 15,000 words.

The journal prefers to work with electronic files of manuscripts. Please submit your manuscript via email to Dr. Robert D. Sampson, Editor, at journaleditor@historyillinos.org.

Send books for review to Dr. Timothy Draper; Book Review Editor, JISHS; Waubonsee Community College; Sugar Grove, Illinois, 60563; tdraper@waubonsee.edu.

Articles appearing in the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society are abstracted and indexed in both Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life. The Journal is a member of the Conference of Historical Journals.

Neither the editors nor the Illinois State Historical Society assume any responsibility for statements, whether of fact or opinion, made by contributors. This Journal uses single-blind peer-review.

View our Publications Ethics and MalpracticeStatement

 

Featured Articles



Discovering the Lost Lake, Pimiteoui
Richard Gross
https://doi.org/10.5406/jillistathistsoc.114.1.0007
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/jillistathistsoc.114.1.0007?refreqid=excelsior%3Adf5521e9599c22d424ff3de32f3cf48d

Immigrant Culture and Community Conflict at Bohemian National Cemetery in Chicago
William B. Sieger
https://doi.org/10.5406/jillistathistsoc.114.1.0035
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/jillistathistsoc.114.1.0035?refreqid=excelsior%3A3e7a4c21e06d7d166e587b82609726a8

Writing His Life During the Civil War: The Diary of James A. Mulligan
Daniel P. Kotzin
https://doi.org/10.5406/jillistathistsoc.114.1.0069
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/jillistathistsoc.114.1.0069?refreqid=excelsior%3A71d0a84a8d0476948b87623eab02fc8a

Slide Rules: Adults and Children on Chicago Playgrounds
Cate LiaBraaten
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jishs/article-abstract/114/3-4/9/314643/Slide-Rules-Adults-and-Children-on-Chicago?redirectedFrom=PDF

A Missed Opportunity in the Catholic War on Poverty: Chicago's Archdiocesan Inter-Parish Movement
Kevin Ryan
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jishs/article/115/4/9/343110/A-Missed-Opportunity-in-the-Catholic-War-on

The Civil War Letters of Dr. Daniel Garrison Brinton, Surgeon in Charge at the US Army General Hospital in Quincy
Jonathan W. White; Michael Dwight Sparks
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jishs/article/115/4/41/343118/The-Civil-War-Letters-of-Dr-Daniel-Garrison

Conrad Seabaugh & Company: An Inside Look at an Illinois Hinterland Merchant
Wayne Duerkes
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jishs/article/115/4/57/343119/Conrad-Seabaugh-amp-Company-An-Inside-Look-at-an